Protesting against the decision by the German government to accept the peace treaty of Versailles, a group of soldiers under Wolfgang Kapp took control of Berlin on March 13, 1920. The trade unions called a general strike, which, after some doubt, was supported by the Ebert government. The strike paralyzed life in Berlin and contributed to the failure of the […]

According to the website 'Anecdotes on Kim Il Sung' (http://north-korea.narod.ru/anecdotes.htm) the North Korean leader visited a department store on March 13, 1958. Kim Il Sung (1912-1994) bought a pair of socks of inferior quality so that he would not stand out among the people.

PRESS STATEMENT Release of report by PUDR ‘A Pre-Decided Case: A Critique of the Maruti judgment of 2017’ March 2018 PUDR is releasing its report ‘A Pre-Decided Case: A Critique of the Maruti judgment of 2017’, on the occasion of the completion of one year of the judgment given by the Sessions Court, Gurugram, […]

People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) Press Release (8th March 2018) CONDEMN THE BAN ON PFI IN JHARKHAND Peoples Union for Democratic Rights condemns the Jharkhand Government for banning PFI, Popular Front of India, without providing any prima-facie evidence to support its decision. Through its official release dated 20th February 2018, the BJP state g […]

Turkey-backed FSA militia swept into Afrin town on Sunday, raising their and Turkish flags in the town centre and declaring full control after an eight-week campaign to drive out Kurdish YPG fighters. More than 200,000 people fled the town. YPG plans hit-and-run attacks on Turkish and Syrian rebel forces after pulling out of besieged city and vows to expel T […]

A British woman volunteer for the Kurdish female YPJ battalion was killed in Syria in the battle against Turkey and Turkish backed FSA forces in Afrin. She died on the 15th of March, and has been described by her father Dirk Campbell as a woman who “would go to any lengths to create the world that she believed in.” Talking to the Guardian, YPJ Commander Nesr […]

by Ayanda Kota, Pambazuka The Unemployed People’s Movement (UPM) was formed in August 2009 to respond to the crisis of unemployment and the commoditization of essential services in a society dominated by corruption and greed. As Steve Biko said, we blacks are tired of standing at the touchlines to witness a game that we should […]

18 July 2011 Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement The Victory in the Kennedy 12 Trial is a Victory for all the Poor in South Africa The Kennedy 12 have been acquitted of all the charges bought against them after the attack on our movement in September 2009. It is a great day for the 12, their […]

For some, the decision to support workers who strike is a given. We defend the right to join a union and exercise the right to strike in every country, as a human right. blog_front: front page read more

by Why are voices on the left still justifying the Syrian regime's indiscriminate bombardment of Eastern Ghouta? As the death toll in the Damascus' suburb of Eastern Ghouta reached nearly 700 in two weeks and continues to rise, many so-called progressive voices continue to justify the carnage. read more

Those who oppose both the Assad regime and the Jihadists and all the imperialist powers, need to focus on a glaring fact: Support for Assad and Putin has become a rallying cry for Western white supremacist, Islamophobic and anti-Semitic organizations and parties. We need to show that opposing the Assad regime's war on the Syrian masses is absolutely nec […]

„Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez is one of the few world leaders to stand by Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, even as hundreds of thousands take to the streets of Iran’s cities to protest his re-election claim. A Venezuelan foreign ministry statement, „in the name of the people,“ hailed the „extraordinary democratic development“ that resulted in Ahmadinejad’s victory.

„The Bolivarian government of Venezuela expresses its firm rejection of the ferocious and unfounded campaign to discredit, from abroad, that has been unleashed against Iran, with the objective of muddying the political climate of this brother country,“ said the statement issued June 16. „We demand the immediate end to maneuvers to intimidate and destabilize the Islamic Revolution.“

Chávez belongs to a small circle of political bedfellows who support Ahmadinejad, including the King of Swaziland; the militant Palestinian organization Hamas, and Lebanon’s Hezbollah.“